o.k does anyone know what the law is in Ohio about blue led lights on the outside of a car. i have a 1991 caprice 9C1 and i what to put blue under glow on and blue lights in the grill, so does anyone know what the law is on that stuff.

did you even take the time to read the sticky i put up at the top of this forum...if not then READ IT...it has all the state laws in it...lights inside the car are ok as long as you cannot see the tube from the outside.....Blue in the grill is probably illegal for impersonating a police officer, but I am not from Ohio.....

did you even take the time to read the sticky i put up at the top of this forum...if not then READ IT...it has all the state laws in it...lights inside the car are ok as long as you cannot see the tube from the outside.....Blue in the grill is probably illegal for impersonating a police officer, but I am not from Ohio.....

yeah i read it and it said that blue lights are fine but they can not flash, i was just checking to see if anybody had first hand experience.

I'm from PA, but I know in ohio you can have neons under your car, but the source can't be seen, and it can't be blue.

oh really because my friend has blue neon under his camaro and hasn't had any problems with it.

He's been lucky....as long as he doesnt drive with it on he will be ok....If he is driving with the BLUE underglow he will eventually get stopped and cited...

Blue in the grill is going to be illegal....Laws tend to sway away from Blue and Red because of emergency vehicle colors...also Green in some states is reserved only for Off Duty fireman who need to respond to emergency calls....

Blue/red = odds are you will run into trouble. Even if it is officially illegal. You are taking cop colors. They won't like that and will find something to cite you for. I have ice. Unlimited colors. Even "street legal mode." And I don't drive with any exterior lights on. As it just draws attention to you. And while it may be officially legal cops don't tend to like "tuners" and glow to them = FATF = street racer. And they will find something to ticket you for. Best bet is to just leave it off. It isn't like you can see it when you are driving anyway. So not a big deal. Keep the UB for the parking lots and shows.

Neighbor got cited for blue LED wiper squirters ....If they cited him for that grill light will be a no no ...
I'm a volunteer fire fighter and have a permit to run lights and siren so I'm allowed to run red lights on my car ...

Blue/red = odds are you will run into trouble. Even if it is officially illegal. You are taking cop colors. They won't like that and will find something to cite you for. I have ice. Unlimited colors. Even "street legal mode." And I don't drive with any exterior lights on. As it just draws attention to you. And while it may be officially legal cops don't tend to like "tuners" and glow to them = FATF = street racer. And they will find something to ticket you for. Best bet is to just leave it off. It isn't like you can see it when you are driving anyway. So not a big deal. Keep the UB for the parking lots and shows.

Just my .02.

o.k thanks, i don't drive a tuner though, it's actually an old cop car (i am not i cop don';t want to be a cop just like the performance) i am going to blue any way if i get caught oh well

Just a little bit of info, Someone around here had an old Crown Vic (interceptor), with some blue under glow. Got cited for the lights and arrested for impersonating an officer, hell of a battle after that.

Never said you were a tuner. In fact the fact that you have an old police car is even worse. Good chance you will get pulled and you have a big risk of impersonating an officer. But hey you will pay the fine not me. Go for it...*shrug*

Just a little bit of info, Someone around here had an old Crown Vic (interceptor), with some blue under glow. Got cited for the lights and arrested for impersonating an officer, hell of a battle after that.

yeah i know that can happen on my caprice when i bought it i wrote not in service on the back window then the cop can't do anything about the under glow.

Just put as much on the car as you want, but don't run them while driving. Running glow while moving really sort of marks you this way, IMHO:

Before you jump me as a glow hater, check out my MINI:

I'm obviously a fan of glow, but I have enough self-control to not break (or even bend) the rules of the road and risk impersonating an officer (which is an offense that they take VERY seriously, with good reason). I think the only time I ran my blues while in motion was at a special MINI event, where about 300 of us did a night parade. Other than that, the car was stopped when I turned on all my lights.

Better safe than sorry, I say. That way, you don't risk a ticket and don't accidentally distract another driver. It's win/win.

Just put as much on the car as you want, but don't run them while driving. Running glow while moving really sort of marks you this way, IMHO:

Before you jump me as a glow hater, check out my MINI:

I'm obviously a fan of glow, but I have enough self-control to not break (or even bend) the rules of the road and risk impersonating an officer (which is an offense that they take VERY seriously, with good reason). I think the only time I ran my blues while in motion was at a special MINI event, where about 300 of us did a night parade. Other than that, the car was stopped when I turned on all my lights.

Better safe than sorry, I say. That way, you don't risk a ticket and don't accidentally distract another driver. It's win/win.

yeah i know what you mean about impersonating an officer a cop accused me of that once because i had just bought my car and is still had some old police markings on it

i hsve never figured out for thr life of me how having glow UNDER the car could cause people to think you were a cop? when is the last time you saw a cop riding down the street with glow under his car? law should be simple, it it's on top of the car,it's blue or red and flashing,it's a cop. if it's under the car it's not.

It is more or less the effect of the color and patterns that some kits do. MOST people on the streets know when they see red/ blue lights, strobes, or even red/blue flashing lights to get out of the way. This is why cops feel they are being impersonated because the people react to the lights on your car the same way they would as if a cop were coming. Also like imagox said it has a high probability of distracting drivers and potentionally causing a major accident.

i hsve never figured out for thr life of me how having glow UNDER the car could cause people to think you were a cop? when is the last time you saw a cop riding down the street with glow under his car? law should be simple, it it's on top of the car,it's blue or red and flashing,it's a cop. if it's under the car it's not.

It is more or less the effect of the color and patterns that some kits do. MOST people on the streets know when they see red/ blue lights, strobes, or even red/blue flashing lights to get out of the way. This is why cops feel they are being impersonated because the people react to the lights on your car the same way they would as if a cop were coming. Also like imagox said it has a high probability of distracting drivers and potentionally causing a major accident.

yeah i understand what your saying if the flash but just red or blue lights